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From:
David Law <David_Law@xxxxxxxx>Date: Fri,
Jan 30, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Subject: [STDS-802-3] +++ 802.3 WG BALLOT: IEEE
P802.3bc/D2.0 Ethernet Organizationally Specific type, length, values (TLVs)
initial ballot
To:
STDS-802-3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTO:
802.3 Voters, Observers and Liaisons
Dear Colleagues:
At the IEEE
802 November 2008 plenary meeting, the IEEE 802.3 Working
Group voted to
conduct a Working group ballot on IEEE P802.3bc Ethernet
Organizationally
Specific type, length, values (TLVs) conditional on PAR
approval. This
condition has now been met with the approval of the IEEE
P802.3bc PAR by an
IEEE-SA Standards Board electronic ballot which
closed today.
This is
the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3 Working Group ballot
on IEEE
P802.3bc Ethernet Organizationally Specific type, length, values
(TLVs).
Remember that voting, as well as attendance, is a requirement to
maintain
your IEEE 802.3 member (voter) status. Instructions for accessing
the draft,
casting your ballot and submitting comments follow
this
announcement.
IEEE P802.3bc is an amendment to the recently
published IEEE Std
802.3-2008. If you were an IEEE 802.3 voter on IEEE Std
802.3-2008,
known internally as IEEE 802.3ay, you should have received
an
email informing you how to download a complimentary copy. If
you lost
that email, or you were not a voter on that standard
and would like a copy in
order to review this draft, please send
me an email at the address
below.
The Project Authorization Request for this amendment is
posted
at [
http://www.ieee802.org/3/bc/P802d3bc.pdf ] and includes
the
following:
TITLE:
Draft Standard for Information Technology -
Telecommunications and
Information Exchange Between Systems - Local and
Metropolitan Area
Networks - Specific Requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense
Multiple Access
with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical
Layer
Specifications - Amendment: Ethernet Organizationally Specific
type,
length, values (TLVs)
SCOPE:
The scope of this project is
limited to amending IEEE Std 802.3 to add the
specification of the IEEE 802.3
Organizationally Specific TLVs as
currently specified in IEEE Std
802.1AB.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the amendment is to transfer the IEEE
802.3
Organizationally Specific TLVs currently specified in IEEE Std
802.1AB
Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery to IEEE Std
802.3.
NEED FOR THE PROJECT:
The IEEE 802.3 Organizationally Specific
TLVs (type, length, value),
information elements consisting of sequential
type, length, and value
fields, are currently specified in IEEE Std 802.1AB.
This amendment will
be limited to the transfer of these TLVs from IEEE Std
802.1AB to IEEE Std
802.3. The development of future IEEE 802.3
Organizationally Specific TLVs
is more appropriate to specific amendment
projects of the IEEE 802.3
standard.
BALLOT SCOPE:
As an initial
Working Group ballot, the scope of the ballot is the
complete IEEE P802.3bc
draft.
BALLOT OPEN:
Saturday, 31st January 2009
BALLOT
CLOSE:
Friday, 6th March 2009 11:59PM AOE
Thank you for your
participation in this ballot and careful review of the
draft.
David
Law, Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group
Phone: +44 131 665
7264
Email:
david_law@xxxxxxxxWael Diab, Vice
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group
Email:
wael.diab@xxxxxxxxx-----------------------------------------------------------------
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR BALLOTING ON: IEEE P802.3bc draft D2.0
Instructions for accessing the
ballot documents, casting your ballot and
submitting comments
follow.
HOW TO ACCESS THE DRAFT
The draft is posted for your
review for balloting purposes only, and
neither the draft nor access
information should be copied or redistributed
to others in violation of
document copyrights.
The IEEE P802.3bc Ethernet Organizationally Specific
type, length, values
(TLVs) draft D2.0 may be downloaded from:
http://www.ieee802.org/3/private/maint/bcballot/d2.0/P802.3bc_D2p0.pdfPlease
submit comments against the above draft.
The document is posted in Adobe
"pdf" document format and can be
downloaded and printed if desired. If
you do not have Adobe Acrobat
Reader, it is available for free downloading
from Adobe at:
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html.
HOW
TO CAST YOUR BALLOT
To assure your ballot is counted, please:
1)
Send your ballot to:
stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx2)
Paste the following line into the subject field:
IEEE P802.3bc Ethernet
Organizationally Specific TLVs draft D2.0 ballot
3) Paste into the
message body and complete the ballot form below:
-----CUT AND PASTE
TEXT BELOW THIS LINE ONLY PLEASE--------
IEEE P802.3bc Ethernet
Organizationally Specific TLVs draft D2.0 Working
Group ballot
Your
Name:___________________________
___ APPROVE ALL WITHOUT
COMMENT
___ APPROVE ALL WITH COMMENTS on SOME
(All
comments are non-binding)
___ DISAPPROVE
(Some or all
comments are binding, a voter must
attach specific comments for
remedy)
___ ABSTAIN, Lack of Expertise
___
ABSTAIN, Lack of Time
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HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS
Acceptable
comment types:
E = Editorial
ER = Editorial Required (a binding
comment that is
part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore only
appropriate for
an 802.3 voting member)
T = Technical
TR = Technical Required (a
binding comment that is
part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore
only
appropriate for an 802.3 voting member)
1. Prepare your
comments in one of the following two ways:
a. You are STRONGLY REQUESTED
to use the comment tool in the
TF private area at the URL:
http://www.ieee802.org/3/private/maint/bcballot/comments/CommentTool.zip To use the
tool, extract all components into a folder and
do not move any component from
that folder as this will
cause the executable to not work correctly. The tool
is:
Comment_Tool_Generic_Solution.exe
b. To submit
comments in text (ASCII) form, please use the
form below. This will
make it possible for the editor to
properly record and track all submissions.
Make as many
copies of the template as necessary and submit as an
ASCII
text file or as part of your e-mail.
PLEASE NOTE: The ASCII
method involves a manual transcription,
hence you are recommended to check
your comments to ensure accurate
transcription when the comment file is made
available. Please
use the comment tool above if possible.
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AND PASTE TEXT BELOW THIS LINE ONLY PLEASE--------
CommentID: (Leave
Blank)
CommenterName:
CommenterEmail:
CommenterPhone:
CommenterCellPhone:
CommenterCompany:
Clause:
Subclause:
Page:
Line:
CommentType:
(E, ER, T, or
TR)
Comment:
CommentEnd:
SuggestedRemedy:
RemedyEnd:
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comment template------------------
2. Send your comments to:
stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxxand
paste into the subject line:
IEEE P802.3bc Ethernet Organizationally
Specific TLVs draft D2.0 comments